He wrestled his attacker to the ground.
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Attacker
//əˈtækɚ//
Synonyms for "attacker" (14 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 27 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- aanvaller noun (someone who attacks)
Arabic
2 entries- مُهَاجِم noun (someone who attacks)
- مُهَاجِم noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Armenian
1 entries- հարձակվող noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Catalan
2 entries- atacant noun (someone who attacks)
- atacant noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Czech
2 entries- útočník noun (someone who attacks)
- útočník noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Danish
2 entries- angriber noun (someone who attacks)
- angriber noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Dutch
1 entries- aanvaller noun (someone who attacks)
Finnish
2 entries- hyökkääjä noun (someone who attacks)
- hyökkääjä noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
German
4 entries- Angreifer noun (someone who attacks)
- Angreiferin noun (someone who attacks)
- Stürmer noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
- Stürmerin noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Hungarian
2 entries- támadó noun (someone who attacks)
- támadó fél noun (someone who attacks)
Icelandic
1 entries- vígamaður noun (someone who attacks)
Indonesian
2 entries- penyerang noun (someone who attacks)
- penyerang noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Irish
2 entries- ionsaitheoir noun (someone who attacks)
- ionsaitheoir noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Italian
2 entries- attaccante noun (someone who attacks)
- attaccante noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Marathi
1 entries- हल्लेखोर noun (someone who attacks)
Māori
1 entries- attacker noun (someone who attacks)
Norwegian
3 entries- angriper noun (someone who attacks)
- angriper noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
- spiss noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Polish
4 entries- atakujący noun (someone who attacks)
- napadający noun (someone who attacks)
- napastnik noun (someone who attacks)
- napastnik noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Portuguese
3 entries- agressor noun (someone who attacks)
- atacador noun (someone who attacks)
- atacante noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Romanian
4 entries- atacant noun (someone who attacks)
- atacant noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
- atacantă noun (someone who attacks)
- atacantă noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Russian
3 entries- атаку́ющий noun (someone who attacks)
- напада́ющий noun (someone who attacks)
- напада́ющий noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cluicheadair-adhairt noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- napadač noun (someone who attacks)
- napadačica noun (someone who attacks)
- нападач noun (someone who attacks)
- нападачица noun (someone who attacks)
Spanish
4 entries- agresor noun (someone who attacks)
- asaltante noun (someone who attacks)
- atacante noun (someone who attacks)
- delantero noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Swahili
2 entries- mshambuliaji noun (someone who attacks)
- mshambuliaji noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Swedish
2 entries- anfallare noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
- angripare noun (someone who attacks)
Ukrainian
4 entries- напа́дник noun (someone who attacks)
- напа́дник noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
- напа́дниця noun (someone who attacks)
- напа́дниця noun ((soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
She managed to scare off her attacker by screaming loudly.
Source: tatoeba (315700)
We don't know who the attacker was.
Source: tatoeba (2953612)
Tom hit his attacker with a hammer.
Source: tatoeba (3434117)
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